Today's News

MELROSE — The village of Melrose has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by the former police chief, but neither side will release the terms of the agreement.

The state Department of Workforce Solutions has said former Police Chief Jennifer Dreiling asked for dismissal of a human rights claim against former Mayor Lance Pyle and the village after reaching a settlement in February.

Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the E Romero Hose & Fire Co. building on Bridge Street was home to a hook and ladder team that relied on horses to get to fires.

In an attempt to preserve some of that history, E. Romero Hose & Fire Co. volunteers have agreed to transfer the historic building to the city under the condition that it be used for a firefighters memorial and museum.

From 1884 to the 1970s volunteer firefighters manned the E. Romero Fire Co. on Bridge.

The criminal charges against former Mora County Sheriff Roy Cordova and another man he allegedly got into a roadside fight with in January have been dropped.

Both Cordova, 39, of Rainsville, and John Gonzales, 34, of Guadalupita had been charged in Mora magistrate court with aggravated battery, public affray and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.

The New Mexico Highlands University Recycling Center has reopened on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is also open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The recycling center has received heavy use since the university opened it to the public and campus community in November 2010. The center is at Ninth and Reynolds, west of the university’s Wilson Complex and behind the tennis courts parking lot.

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Monday, Nov. 11 — The Las Vegas Daily Optic became a member of The Associated Press starting with today's edition, Publisher Stuart R. Beck announced. The AP is a nonprofit organization controlled by its membership of more than 1,700 publications and 2,500 radio and television stations in the U.S. It also serves newspapers and broadcast stations overseas. The New Mexico AP staff includes veteran news teams in Albuquerque and Santa Fe as well as newsmen on all members staffs in the state.

A public input meeting on the city’s water supply will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the council chamber at the Las Vegas municipal building on Grand Avenue. Meeting topics will include limited permission to draw water, insufficient aquifer and storage capability, reduced river flows, inadequate equipment and decayed facilities, and citizens are urged to attend.

New Mexico has retained its place as the most Hispanic state in the union — and Hispanics were responsible for most of the state’s growth between 2000 and 2010. U.S. Census figures show that the state grew to 2 million, and 78 percent of the increase was among Hispanics. Hispanics made up more than 42 percent of the state’s population in 2000. That’s now more than 46 percent.